Method and means for treating shingles and the like



Nov. 3, 1931. H. E. GoscH 1,829,796

METHD AND MEANS. FOR TREATING SHINCTLES AND THE LIKE Filed 0G13. 25, 1928 tnihhjohhhhesesnig-1-- f line 3;-3 Fgz. f

constructed l slightlydif'ferent from that y y PatentedA'Nov. 7.19311l L HARRY'. Gesen, on NoRTnfToNAii/AN'DA-,iNEW: Yon-iihs'srnon 'iQwcREot-nIT- comhazmat 'PANY-INQOF NORTETONAWANDA; NEW YoRnnooRPonfAToir 0F NEW Yon-nf,

hhs lhhhiws has 'Thmhfhdsffihehhs high 'Y Thisfinvention relateslzto Aa @recess and I'n'eia'ns'rv foi' 'coating or irripregnatingshingles like withx YaA liquid stain, paint or lloreservativie.`

' Heretbfore staining painting or vplies'erv- 'f ing of' shingles has beeneiifected bundles jolY the saine in aebathy of the desired liqiiidfmaterialwhile the several shingles Awere heldin yengag"erneuteWith' eachother y oifer acon'sidera'ble area a binder applied te the'central part ofthe bundle. The engageinentgof the sliingllesin this nianne'pre- Itis they objectief-this invention to' effect Y Ycoinplete 'coatinignof'thefentire surface of the Y"shinglesin bundles by'ineans and in a man'- f e ner which; are simple, eiiicient and teconomical,` Yand do.l not Arn'aterially yadd to` the'cost of Figure l is a top planjyiewpartlyin Asec-f Ation showing oneof thestepsfforcarryingtrny firnproued method of staining, painting or 'preseriiingintoeffect; (l, i .y

yFigure 2 1s a vertical longitudinal-section section taken on "Figure 3 is a 'vertical cross l3`igi1i'e4'is' a-plan View of a" space which is shown in Fig. l.

. Figurey 5 is a perspective Vi-ewoffa" bundle `v`of shingles,which` has been' assembled for treatment inaccordancfe-With my invention.

Figure 6' isa perspective View. showing a lmodedform 0i Spacer-for separating the shingles.V f v i, Y

.In thefollowing'descriptioin'siniilarichara'otersof iieferenceindi'cate like parts in the several figur-es ofthe drawings.

lth ugh'this method and means for apf plying stain, Vpaint orpreservingliquid may be ultil-izedin treatinggiarious kinds of articles,-,thesa1ne by Way-of eiiarnpleis illustrated @inthepresentjinstance'in r'connection ywith :"staining, painting or preservedv shingles 50 whihhhrh adapted halbe hgshhhihd ih' huhdies Iupper -or thin Aend 12. Pifparat'oryto tretf ing such shingles with a'stainingypiiitig ofr preserving liquid,l or solution; thes'e shingles are putiip inbiindles'iii accordance with my linvention bythe followigineansif. i

Y f The 4`uneral 13 represents the baise or; able oiianl yasseinbli'ng or1s`ttin`gipjaok' Whioh rghtfgage posts 'or 'columns' 14; Whih afre spaced" apart a'dstahce qhl togthe desired Width 'of bi'n'dlezotshingles. Onf-topA of this kbase `13" and eztending trans 'esly adjacent :tothe two' ghge'oihmhs 14 isghfflowerstick 15 of the binder which 'is applied 'around the vhiluhuef'about midway between op'ph'sitnds t ereo "theseif'erallayers' of shingles one Yabove the other, the rst layer is placed'with its inner "thin portion uponthe'l lovierbinder stick`15 jso that the thickbutt ends of these shingles aceoltwardly ffroin one ofthe' lateral sides of the binderstick. Then asoa'cing member 16;*,is'pla'ced across thein'n'error thin portion -O'f this 'ihyer hf Shingles; Then the, next hpper. 'layer Qi' row of fsliinglesiisplaced above the lirst row in reversdposition'so that 'the thin/ends of they respective shingles of thep second row overlap the 'tliiiportins of the lovrer-inst rwrand the] thiok biitt ends ofthese'conclrow face laterally outward relative tothe binder'stick. Another Vspacer j 16 is then placed -`erossiav'i'se'y oier the thinj inner Afterfa-bundle.ofshinglestreated with. the desired liquidk the surplus* 60 treating liquidA is frernoyedf therefrom in. any

`several layers Vvof .thetvvo tiers' shingles Y y overlap one another.

` vThese several layers-'of shingles arepref- Y erably-so assembled that thejouterthick ends I I other *duel-9 thelntefventol 0f the spacers el@ -betvveen theinner, endsVv ofthe: 'Successive V layers-of shingles inthe tWo vertie'altiersgf ,*When the pile of shingleshas reached the desired height, another binder- Stick 151s' f placed across thecentral part of thisbundlel 1 5 l adjacentto thegage'columnsr 14 at theA top s Vf .thereof,r. and-.thenthese twol binder: sticks are Connected withi `,each other by binder yor tie straps `17Y of, I netal yv'vhic'h extend `vertically along-opposite sidesQof vthe pileof shingles l v'- 29 .,a'ndhewe their upper and lower endssecured f to thecorresponding ends ofthe binder sticks by means of nails 318 or other suitable fasteny thereby completingthe bundle.

f y For convenience, these binder straps may 2 5fbe Vsecured-at their lower vends to opposite ends o f A the lovver binder stickbefere the latf terisplaeedpupon the stacking Vhasezor table 14, as shown in Fig. 1,'thereby facilitating the placing ofthe spacerin the Vproper post on Y between .the-several .layers of shingles, v and permitting of stacking or pilingfthe, bundles properly with ease-andfacilitv.` 1

1 3- preparatoryV to piling the several. layers f :fof-shingles uponvthesame, at Which'time the 39; 'free ends' ofthese ,straps maybeleftproject Y viI1`-*l ater allyv frornjthe stacking or piling *E ta le,ja`s shown in Fi 3, and canthereafter.

s beeasily bentsupwa'r lyalong opposite sides :of the bundle and secured to opposite l ends y"bundle, as shown in Fig. 5.

ofthe s upper binder' stick` for completingthe grin of a bundle'in this manner the same are `@dipped -orfsubnlerged in a liquid bath of the 10 "desired staiin'paint` or preservative, anddur-V fingfthis time the liquid is able'torea'ch pracv.t-i'cally all parts of the surface ofthe severalV shingles, inasmuch vas s this liquid will reach `not'-only .those-surfaces which are actually fable l to reach by seepagefor capillarylaction g those jsurfacesof. shingles which are con-Y tact with each other 'andalso those surfaces which are incontact With the spacer, dueto the Yrelatively vsmall :extent ofl these areas f-It is thus possible bythis means to ycoator i. Whichare not actually. exposed.-

'-.eatreat rtheentireisurface of shingles with a liquid paint, ,stain` ori preservativeV easily,

- thoroughly and econoriiically`-.``

has been thus Y ,desiredmannen t Thereafter the shingles are been usedfto hold the/ shingles together dur- 4 ing the treating operation, the spacers which were employed 4for k keeping the sevyteasafieeifs :While .the shingles are assembled-'inthe --struction show riinFig,1;v f

These `spacers Vare, capable v.of beinggused eral ylayers of shingles'japart;are'renloved Y and the several shingles areagain-re-packed into a hundlein vvhichftheinner ends `ofthe shingles are Vintercalated@and engageV With each other, and anotherbinderis appl'ed to the bundles Pparatry to-'shipping themfor usen V- s Y Y f Although the spacen enipleyedfor separating the several layers of shingles from lone another maybe variouslyconstructed, it

is preferableto employ for this a spacerwhicn' is constructed of Wireyandflnade'in the forni of an'oblong-loop. In the 'foiirief this spacer shovvn in Fig.` 1, this Wireisbentto formtvvo transversespacerrods 19, 2O which are pref'-V erably.- p`arallel and adapted tolengage with vthe adj aeentv layers .of lshingles `'alo11g-tivo distinct lines cross-Wiseofthe bundleandtjvo a end' bovvs 2 1, each of Whiehfconnects onepair of ycorresponding ends ofthe spacer rods 19 and 20, and is provided'fwithan inwardly bent l: angular stop portionv or rabbet'which forms a transverse shoulder- 22 adapted to' engage with one of the transversesides of the adjacent gagecoluinn 14, andra longitudinalstop shoulder 23 adapted tofeng'a'ge With the inner longitudinalside of theadiaeentgage column y if desiree, the iosgatdinrrods i9 and 2o of the spacer-may be connected at their oppocooperating With the gage/'columns 14 in -tne ,manner described with referenceto the conrepeatedly ffor producingsuccessive bundles of shingles. in'y which the layers' are spaced By-the use of'this inventioni*itisfpossible 1 to treat the entiresurface of shingles 'quickly and "easilyand thereby insure1l0ngerlli-fe-in i thefshingle as, Well improving the appearance of the,sarneiatrcoinparatively 10W-"cost ,f lfdesired the spacer may consist of a single Ylongitudinalineinber 161.y placedbetvveen successive layers of shingles, as lshovvnin ig. 6,

which rnembery may befmade of vvood,'wire,

rope or other suitable material. 5

.Iclaim as inyinvention- Epermitted to dry, then thelbinder Whiohfhas i. 1 f'SPaCel for sfparatngon, layfof Shih' Y gies 'from an' ad] acentf layer. o f"" sh1ngles in a bundle of shingles, 'consisting of a member adapted to'be placed betweensuchlayers andV having tW transverse rodsconnected at their Opposite ends by bows and each of said bows I bemgproyvided on one sideWith a rabbet for w locating the same yWhile'piling 'the shingles of a bundle. n. *y

In testimqny Whereof hereby afx my HARRY Rensen.

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